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Open and Save File dialog Box issue

hello all, newbie here being driven to distraction by a fault that has manifested itself with the Open/save/Common dialog box.

In all programs I use - Chrome/IE11 and OpenOffice. when I wish to open or save a file the dialog box is does the following:

opens BUT without "save as file type" OR without the Explorer Tree. It seems to open a random storage file within C. The lack of either the file tree or the file type/location field makes it impossible to speficy where to save the file to. In 'open' it makes it impossible to find the file for emailing and because it opens random folders saving the file into that file is not an option.

any ideas? As a business and work tool without this function working the laptop is essentially useless.

System Info:

Dell Alienware M18xR2

Windows 7 Home Premium, 64 Bit w service Pack 1

6GB RAM

500GB Hard Drive

2 x GeForce GTX NVIDA cards

antivirus - Avast Pro

CC Registry Cleaner

SpeedupMyPC

IE11

Chrome

Open Office

Steam

All registry files have been cleaned and the laptop is virus free.

I read somewhere that 32bit programmes can sometimes cause issues with the common dialog boxes when run in 64bit environments but couldn't glean any more on this. Certainly seems to be a Windows issue as it is across programmes

i have Snip tool capture Jpegs of both the 'open' box in Chrome and the 'save as' box in Open Office, but of course - I can't choose them to upload them!!!

2) What do you mean "alll registry files have been cleaned"? Did you use a registry cleaner? If so, that is likely the cause of your problems. Registry cleaners do not fix anything, they CAUSE problems.

The registry cleaner has been used but only installed and used this morning. the issue manifested itself long before I installed and used ccleaner. Apart from Avast pro the Laptop is stock Dell/alienware in terms of tweaking software -

When I right click on a file I get the usual dialog box:with OPEN down to Properties

No option to save in the menu but then i cannot recall if there was an option to save.

I'm in Open Office and I click "Save As"... this brings up the dialogue box BUT the file tree, the save as file type and the file name options are all missing. Instead there is a random folder open, no way of navigating to alternate drives or folders.

When I'm in chrome or IE11 - using Gmail as an online app - I want to attach a file the same thing happens - the dialogue box has the same issues - viz I can't find the file I need because it won't let me navigate the folders or drives or even search.

Its as if the dialogue box is missing the three components. I have screen shots but because of the problem I can't upload them